Abstract

AbstractThe chapter explores the influence of the concept of animal welfare on international biodiversity law. A close examination of the recent evolution of this branch of international law shows that animal welfare has an ambivalent place in biodiversity-related agreements. Indeed, while welfare is only a faint consideration in the development of international regimes dealing with biodiversity as a whole, the concept has become an essential element for agreements dealing with the conservation of specific endangered species. Despite its role in these agreements, the place of animal welfare in international biodiversity law highlights that this corpus of rules is currently insufficient to be an effective tool for the protection of wildlife welfare. The last section of this study suggests that the adoption of international rules aiming at ensuring the protection of wild animals’ welfare could serve the double purpose of strengthening the conservation purpose of biodiversity regimes while also filling the welfare gap of international biodiversity law.

Highlights

  • Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the California Institute of Technology estimated that humans represent, in terms of mass, only 0.01% of all life

  • This chapter aims to explore the influence of the concept of animal welfare in international biodiversity law

  • Even though these rules might have a distinct purpose from international biodiversity law, they could complement it in achieving conservation and sustainable development

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Introduction

Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the California Institute of Technology estimated that humans represent, in terms of mass, only 0.01% of all life.. Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the California Institute of Technology estimated that humans represent, in terms of mass, only 0.01% of all life.1 Despite this low ‘weight’, our collective impact on the biosphere is so significant that we may very well have triggered the sixth mass extinction.. This chapter aims to explore the influence of the concept of animal welfare in international biodiversity law To do so, it is necessary, as a preliminary clarification, to define these two terms and illustrate how they relate Even though these rules might have a distinct purpose from international biodiversity law, they could complement it in achieving conservation and sustainable development

The Scope of Animal Welfare and International Biodiversity Law
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Animal Welfare
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